Pages

Review: Autumnblings

Title: Autumnbligs

Author: Douglas
Florian

Illustrator: Douglas
Florian

Publisher:
Greenwillow Books

Year: 2003

Hardcover: 48 pages

Ages: 4 – 8

IBSN:
978-0060092788

Summary

Aumtumnblings
is the third instalment of Florian's seasonal poetry collections. Winter Eyes and Summersaults are the first and second installments. The poems describe
what happens during autumn from its beginning to its end. Apple picking,
changing colors and falling leaves, hibernation, Halloween, and Thanksgiving
are some of the fall's happenings.

Comments

The aesthetic illustrations are Florian's own
colored-pencil and watercolor paintings. He does a great work of matching his
paintings to the subject of the poems. The rhymes, like the presentation of the
book, are simple, fun, and neat. Florian further demonstrates his literary abilities
by inventing interesting words such as autumblings, awe-tumn, and owlphabet.
Parents can introduce their children to poetry with this must-read book.